A RECENT study by Bina Coit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and colleagues, investigated whether subtle abnormalities in lung tissue, called quantitative interstitial abnormalities (QIA), are linked to acute respiratory ...
Epidemiology The association between smoking marijuana and the occurrence of lung cancer THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Arch I. CarsonSarah A. Felknor FoteBarnabas TallaIt is still unclear if an association exists between the smoking of marijuana and the occurrence of lung cancer ...
Marijuana is the most-commonly smoked substance after tobacco and one of the most widely used psychoactive substances in the world. Amid the legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada and many states in the U.S., its use has increased substantially in recent years. With the growing use, ...
The Association Between Marijuana Smoking and Lung Cancer The association between marijuana smoking and lung cancer is unclear, and a systematic appraisal of this relationship has yet to be performed. Our objectiv... R Mehra,BA Moore,K Crothers,... - 《Archives of Internal Medicine》 被引量: ...
BackgroundThe relationship between marijuana smoking and pulmonary function or respiratory complications is poorly understood; therefore, we conducted a
They found higher rates of airway inflammation and emphysema—achronic lung disease—among regular cannabis smokers compared to regular tobacco-only smokers and non-smokers. "Marijuana smoking is on the rise and there's apublic perceptionthat marijuana is safe, or that it's safer than (tobacco)...
Smoking, the act of inhaling and exhaling the fumes of burning plant material. A variety of plant materials are smoked, including marijuana and hashish, but the act is most commonly associated with tobacco as smoked in a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Learn
While most patients know that smoking causes breathing problems andlung cancer, they may not be aware of the magnitude of the risk, or the other health problems it can cause. "If you smoke a pack a day or more, your risk of getting lung cancer isn't just one and a half or double ...
The Lung Health Study Effects of smoking intervention and the use of an inhaled anticholinergic bronchodilator on the rate of decline of FEV1. The Lung Health Study[ J]. JAMA... Nicholas J. Gross - 《Jama the Journal of the American Medical Association》 被引量: 32发表: 1994年 The Lung ...
Overall, however, research on the effects of marijuana on human health is mixed. Some studies have suggested the drug can increase a person's risk of heart attack or stroke and cause some cancers such as lung cancer. In the journal Cancer Prevention Research, the researchers emphasize that fur...